Holy Mackerel!

You know, there I was waking up this morning thinking what a lovely day it was. It was, for once, still early enough to be called morning, the puppy figured out how to get up on the bed and actually got off the bed when we told him to (he doesn't just kiss you, he drenches you in doggy kisses!), we'd had a nice time playing with the dogs, and things were just ducky when stoopid old Blogger ate the really brilliant post I'd just written and could not have been happier with if I'd received a Pulitzer prize for it. Okay. Yes, a Pulitzer would be nice. No doubt.

Now to start all over. Let's see. How lucky can I be? Really, really lucky until karma smacks me in the face with a mackerel for being so cocky about what a nice day it was and how lucky I am, etc., etc., etc.

Fantastic things today:

• Puppy kisses in the a.m.
• Puppy actually obeys an order - note to self: might be a miracle!
• Nice, sunny day
• Fun, family time playing with dogs and sweetie
• Receive nice email...

Oh yeah. I was sitting here trying to figure out which of my Yahoo groups was doing the goddesses chunky page swap because I couldn't find my instructions or remember what dimensions the pages should be. Down in the corner of my screen I see an email come in from Jill, saying to "check my blog, wink! wink!" Hmmm... Dare I hope?

I dare! I dare! My hopes were totally up. Yes, it was Jill who had announced the most thrilling and generous sharing of "Art from my HeART" on her blog, FollowYourBliss. She had offered up a lovely collage, two sets of notecards, and some pretty tags. I had set my heart on prize #2 . Did I dare hope that prize #2 would be mine?

I dared! It is! It is mine! Whoooooooo hoooo!

I can hardly believe my luck. I am just blown away by this. I love these cards and now I will have not just one set that I know I will hoard because I know how I am. But I have FOUR of each card which means that I can share them with carefully selected, deserving people who will appreciate them as much as I do. Jill, I promise that nobody else could possibly appreciate winning these cards more than I do! You beautiful, talented, generous, creative woman!

Thank you from the far corners of my heart to your generous Art HeART. And Chance sends you big, slurpy puppy kisses for making his mommy so happy today!

HUGS,
Marilyn